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Documents Legalisation Service
Apostille: a simplified and standardized form that is used for the purpose of providing a certification of certain public documents relating to adoption, including notarized documents, that is used in countries that are in compliance with the provisions of the Hague Convention: |
We can issue notarial certifications for every country in the world. When documents issued or signed in the UK are to be used in a different country, it is often necessary to have those documents Notarised and/or Legalised under Apostille.
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Convention apostille certificate
If you have a document which you want legalised for use in another Convention country, the Convention certification called an apostille must be affixed to the document by a competent authority. The apostille is a pre-printed form prescribed by the Convention.
Procedure
This varies from country to country. In the UK, legalisation is carried out by the Legalisation Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Our procedure is as follows: a certified copy of the Certificate of Incorporation is created by a solicitor or Notary. It is sent or delivered for same-day service to the Legalisation Department. The document and apostille are collected or returned from the Legalisation Department. We send you the document and its apostille certificate.
Here are some definitions and stages in order for you to clarify the process:
Notarisation
This is the attestation by a Notary Public that the signature appearing on the document is true and genuine. In the legalisation process, this is usually completed in the country where the document originates.
Apostille
A government official in the country of origin has to declare the signature of the Notary Public as true and genuine.
Authentication
The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office has to declare the apostille as true and genuine prior to legalisation.
Legalisation
The embassy of the country where the document is to be presented can now declare and accept the signature, seal, or stamp appearing on the document as genuine.
Documents sent to member nations, completed with an apostille at the state level, may be submitted directly to the member nation without further action. Notarisation is a formality often required for documents which are to be used overseas, or for certifying document copies. Once a document has been notarised by a Notary Public, and if it is to be used overseas, it may need to be apostillised; this means that the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office certify the Notary's signature and seal.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office will then attach an apostille or a Legalisation Certificate to the document. Once a document has been notarised and apostillised, it then may need to be legalised by the consulate of the country in which it will be used, if the country is not party to the Hague Convention.
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